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Serbian MPs vote against lithium mining ban, as Rio Tinto project edges closer

Serbian MPs voted down the enactment of a ban on lithium and boron exploration on Thursday, 10 October. An opposition-tabled…

6 months ago

Korean firm to build EUR 16bn Czech nuclear plant

South Korea’s Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP) will lead Czechia's largest-ever investment project when the Central and Eastern Europe…

6 months ago

Polish companies, consortiums sign up to operate bottle recycling system

The new Polish deposit container-deposit system will launch in the autumn and be operated by eight enterprises, not six as…

7 months ago

As Serbia mulls lithium mine, Bulgaria, Slovenia explore sodium-ion as alternative

As tens of thousands of Serbians rally in opposition to the contentious lithium mining project planned by company Rio Tinto…

8 months ago

Belgrade protests planned lithium mine in Jadar

Serbian police forcibly removed demonstrators from railway stations protesting the lithium mining project planned by company Rio Tinto, in the…

8 months ago

Serbia lithium mine numbers ‘pitiful’ – analyst

Serbia would receive an annual EUR 31mn from mining rent at current prices, making the planned lithium mine project “not…

8 months ago

Serbia set to ok lithium exploitation

Serbia has said it is looking to give global mining group Rio Tinto the go ahead to create Europe’s largest…

9 months ago

Farmers, green activists protest in Lithuania

Tractors and logging lorries flooded central Vilnius last week, as farmers protested a number of national agricultural policies. Local media…

1 year ago

Czech ministries argue over ETS funds to cut climate change

Czechia has to decide soon on reallocating its revenues from emission allowances to reduce or compensate for the consequences of…

1 year ago

Budapest holds fourth climate summit

The fourth Budapest Climate Summit on December 4, brought together over 40 speakers from 25 countries to discuss climate change…

1 year ago